1916 NYU Violets football team

American college football season

1916 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
  • Richard E. Eustis (1st season)
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their only year under head coach Richard E. Eustis, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7RPI
W 22–0[1]
October 14Haverford
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 7–7[2]
October 21Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–14[3]
October 28at Union (NY)
W 13–0[4]
November 7Bucknell
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–0[5]
November 11Colby
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–3[6]
November 18Maryland State
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–10[7]
November 25at Columbia
W 6–0[8]

References

  1. ^ "N.Y.U. football season starts with a victory". New York Tribune. October 8, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Haverford held to a tie score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wesleyan vanquishes N.Y.U." The Hartford Daily Courant. November 22, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. springs big surprise on Union". The Sun. New York. October 29, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "New York U. gridders triumph over Bucknell". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 8, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Field goal causes defeat of N.Y.U." The Sun. New York. November 12, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Maryland State wins". The Baltimore Sun. November 19, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. triumphs over Columbia in close game". New York Tribune. November 26, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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